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Mountain Dew: Made for mixing
Ally and Barney Hartman initially worked for the Orange Crush soda plant bottling in Georgia before the Great Depression, according to Mental Floss. After the business went bankrupt, the Hartmans' discovered a lemon-lime soda that mixed perfectly with their favorite drink?bourbon. The duo began bottling it for their own use as a chaser in Knoxville, Tennessee during Prohibition. Smithsonian Magazine reports the phrase 'mountain dew' was slang for mountain-brewed moonshine
?Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. "
Ally and Barney Hartman initially worked for the Orange Crush soda plant bottling in Georgia before the Great Depression, according to Mental Floss. After the business went bankrupt, the Hartmans' discovered a lemon-lime soda that mixed perfectly with their favorite drink?bourbon. The duo began bottling it for their own use as a chaser in Knoxville, Tennessee during Prohibition. Smithsonian Magazine reports the phrase 'mountain dew' was slang for mountain-brewed moonshine
?Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. "